libofx vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
LibOFX could be made to crash.
Software Description
* libofx - client-side implementation of Open Financial Exchange
specification
Details
It was discovered that LibOFX did not properly check for errors in
certain situations, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service
attack. (CVE-2019-9656)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libofx-dev - 1:0.9.10-1+deb8u2build0.16.04.1
libofx6 - 1:0.9.10-1+deb8u2build0.16.04.1
ofx - 1:0.9.10-1+deb8u2build0.16.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References
* CVE-2019-9656
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